imperial guard 80_82 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 For those concerned, I came across this AP news story about the incident. _____________________________________________________ 2 Arrested in Football Field Fight DEKALB, Ill. (AP) -- The players tried to take the field, but the marching band refused to yield. By the time it was over, a few musicians had been knocked to the ground, a football player and a coach were under arrest and the school was apologizing. The incident occurred when about 20 members of the Northern Illinois football team arrived at their practice field Thursday to find it occupied by a drum corps. NIU spokeswoman Melanie Magara said the drum corps from Columbus, Ohio, was practicing at Huskie Stadium for this weekend's Drum Corps Midwest, an annual event at NIU that draws 25 drum corps from the United States, Canada and China. John Binkowski, 32, the school's strength and conditioning coach, approached the leader of the corps, but ''the dispute did not get resolved,'' Magara said. Details of just what happened are sketchy, Magara said. ''But from what we know some members of the football team ran onto the field'' while the drum corps was still practicing. ''And two or three of the folks practicing were bumped into, knocked over by football players running from one end of the football field to another.'' NIU police were called and Binkowski and a member of the team, 20-year-old Anthony Falbo, were arrested and charged with battery, Magara said. None of the drum corps members suffered serious injuries. The school is investigating the incident. Binkowski has been suspended from his job without pay and could be disciplined, Magara said. NIU officials also said the players involved will be disciplined based on the results of their investigation. ''I am deeply disturbed by this incident and want to personally apologize to members of the Corps and their families,'' NIU President John Peters said in a prepared statement. ''There is no excuse for what happened, and I want to assure all involved that extremely serious measures have and will be taken to ensure that those responsible are appropriately restrained and disciplined.'' NIU football coach Joe Novak echoed Peters' statements, saying he was ''extremely disappointed in the individuals involved.'' AP-NY-07-13-01 1727EDT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomCadet1934 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Any clue which corps it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohanico Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) Which Corps was it? All it says is a corps from Columbus, Ohio Edited August 1, 2008 by mohanico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankA Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 It was Capital Regiment in 2001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) Uh, you might have also missed this story about Beijing being awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was published on the same day, July 13, 2001. Edited August 1, 2008 by Michael Boo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohanico Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 It was Capital Regiment in 2001. uuhhh.....Why was this posted now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavalier81 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 For those concerned, I came across this AP news story about the incident. _____________________________________________________ 2 Arrested in Football Field Fight DEKALB, Ill. (AP) -- The players tried to take the field, but the marching band refused to yield. By the time it was over, a few musicians had been knocked to the ground, a football player and a coach were under arrest and the school was apologizing. The incident occurred when about 20 members of the Northern Illinois football team arrived at their practice field Thursday to find it occupied by a drum corps. NIU spokeswoman Melanie Magara said the drum corps from Columbus, Ohio, was practicing at Huskie Stadium for this weekend's Drum Corps Midwest, an annual event at NIU that draws 25 drum corps from the United States, Canada and China. John Binkowski, 32, the school's strength and conditioning coach, approached the leader of the corps, but ''the dispute did not get resolved,'' Magara said. Details of just what happened are sketchy, Magara said. ''But from what we know some members of the football team ran onto the field'' while the drum corps was still practicing. ''And two or three of the folks practicing were bumped into, knocked over by football players running from one end of the football field to another.'' NIU police were called and Binkowski and a member of the team, 20-year-old Anthony Falbo, were arrested and charged with battery, Magara said. None of the drum corps members suffered serious injuries. The school is investigating the incident. Binkowski has been suspended from his job without pay and could be disciplined, Magara said. NIU officials also said the players involved will be disciplined based on the results of their investigation. ''I am deeply disturbed by this incident and want to personally apologize to members of the Corps and their families,'' NIU President John Peters said in a prepared statement. ''There is no excuse for what happened, and I want to assure all involved that extremely serious measures have and will be taken to ensure that those responsible are appropriately restrained and disciplined.'' NIU football coach Joe Novak echoed Peters' statements, saying he was ''extremely disappointed in the individuals involved.'' AP-NY-07-13-01 1727EDT This was a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imperial guard 80_82 Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 uuhhh.....Why was this posted now? I goofed, it was supposed to go in a thread RE: Cap Reg. Can somebody please move it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newseditor44 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Uh, you might have also missed this story about Beijing being awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was published on the same day, July 13, 2001. LOL, Oh Michael, how you kid!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKMello84 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) AP-NY-07-13-01 1727EDT Edited August 1, 2008 by VKMello84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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